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--For those of you involved in the discussion in the thread "Ranking by groups", this thread will be the poll for the A+ Legends. For those of you finding this for the first time, we are going to take a crack at ranking the all time greats (and some of the all time goods) by group. Instead of arguing whether or not Willie Mays is 1% better or worse than Ty Cobb we can agree they were both at the pinacle of the game. The interesting part will be who earns the last places in each group and who slips to the next one.
--The polls will be as follows;
A+: the top 10 players of all time
A: The top 25 players of all time (elect 15)
A-: The top 50 players of all time (elect 25)
B+: The top 100 players of all time (elect 50)
--If the interest is there (I'll discontine the project if we drop below 10 participants) it will contine as follows;
B: to 150 (basically the guys who should be in the Hal of Fame
B-: to 200 (the guys who could be there without discrediting the joint)
C+: to 250
C: to 300 (a fair number of guys actually in the Hall are likely to fall her)
C-: to 400
D: to 500 (still might be some of the worst HoFers)
--Please keep in mind that the player ranking as average (the C's) are not average compared to all players, they are just minor legends, All Star types. Even the 500th best player ever is going to be a guy who was pretty good at some point. Not poor, as a D would suggest, just a poor excuse for legend.
--For those who want to participate in the project, cast a ballot of your 10 best players of all time. Since this project is NOT meant to discuss exactly where these player should be slotted (we've done that plenty before) I'd like them in alphabetical order, rather than your 1-10 ranks. Comments about who was the last to make your cut or hardest to leave off are encouraged.
--This is for position players only, so please leave pitchers off your ballot. For the A+ ranking a player must appear on a majority of ballots to be elected. If there is a tie for 10th, we will let both players slide to the A balloting. So its a maximum of 10 A+ players, not a set 10. The extra restrictions won't be in play in subsequent rounds (so we might have 8 in our top 10 and 26 in our top 25
).
--The polls will be as follows;
A+: the top 10 players of all time
A: The top 25 players of all time (elect 15)
A-: The top 50 players of all time (elect 25)
B+: The top 100 players of all time (elect 50)
--If the interest is there (I'll discontine the project if we drop below 10 participants) it will contine as follows;
B: to 150 (basically the guys who should be in the Hal of Fame
B-: to 200 (the guys who could be there without discrediting the joint)
C+: to 250
C: to 300 (a fair number of guys actually in the Hall are likely to fall her)
C-: to 400
D: to 500 (still might be some of the worst HoFers)
--Please keep in mind that the player ranking as average (the C's) are not average compared to all players, they are just minor legends, All Star types. Even the 500th best player ever is going to be a guy who was pretty good at some point. Not poor, as a D would suggest, just a poor excuse for legend.
--For those who want to participate in the project, cast a ballot of your 10 best players of all time. Since this project is NOT meant to discuss exactly where these player should be slotted (we've done that plenty before) I'd like them in alphabetical order, rather than your 1-10 ranks. Comments about who was the last to make your cut or hardest to leave off are encouraged.
--This is for position players only, so please leave pitchers off your ballot. For the A+ ranking a player must appear on a majority of ballots to be elected. If there is a tie for 10th, we will let both players slide to the A balloting. So its a maximum of 10 A+ players, not a set 10. The extra restrictions won't be in play in subsequent rounds (so we might have 8 in our top 10 and 26 in our top 25
).
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